04399cpcaa2200841 a 4500 mm2005085237 DLC 20260227111730.0 cr ||||||||||| 051115|||||||||||| eng mm2005085237 DLC dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 John D. Whiting papers, 1890-1970 (bulk 1904-1964). 900 items. 18 containers. 7.8 linear feet. Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, subject file, film catalogs and caption lists, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Whiting's life as a prominent member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a Christian utopian community founded in 1881. Documents Whiting's work as a business manager and artifact dealer with Fr. Vester & Co., also known as the American Colony Store; tour guide of historic sites in the Middle East; photographer with the American Colony Photo Dept.; author and photographer published in National Geographic; deputy U.S. consul for Jerusalem; and military intelligence officer for the British Army during World War I. Subjects include Jacob Spafford's discovery of the inscription in Hezekiah's Tunnel, Jerusalem; the locust plague of 1915; conditions in Jerusalem during World War I; the Arab-Israeli conflict; industry and commerce in the region; and Whiting family life. Family members represented include Anna T. Spafford, Jacob Spafford, Bertha Spafford Vester, Alice Brauch Whiting, Edmund Wilson Whiting, and Grace Spafford Whiting. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Businessman, photographer, author, tour guide, and intelligence officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123 Spafford, Anna T., 1842-1923. Spafford, Jacob. Vester, Bertha Spafford, 1878-1968. Whiting, Alice Brauch. Whiting, Edmund Wilson. Whiting, Grace Spafford. Whiting family. Great Britain. Army Intelligence specialists. American Colony (Jerusalem) American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department. Fr. Vester & Co. National geographic magazine. Americans Jerusalem. Arab-Israeli conflict 1948-1967. Christian communities Jerusalem. Communal living Jerusalem. Diplomatic and consular service, American Jerusalem. Historic sites Middle East. Industries Middle East. Industries Palestine. Locusts Middle East. Missionaries Jerusalem. Missionaries United States. Photography Middle East. World War, 1914-1918 Military intelligence Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 Jerusalem. Hezekiah's Tunnel (Jerusalem) Jerusalem Commerce. Jerusalem History. Jerusalem History Siege, 701 B.C. Middle East Antiquities. Middle East Commerce. Middle East Description and travel. Middle East History. Palestine Commerce. Palestine Foreign relations United States. Palestine History. United States Foreign relations Palestine. Authors. itoamc Businessmen. itoamc Intelligence officers. itoamc Photographers. itoamc Tour guides. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123.3 44719 44719